The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Knowledge and Business Intelligence: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Passion

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 PhD Student of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract
Introduction
One of the most important levers for the development of organizations in developed countries in recent decades is business intelligence development programs. The aim of present study was to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurial knowledge and business intelligence through the mediating role of self-efficacy and entrepreneurial Passion.
 
Method
The statistical population of this study included 500 portfolio managers of the Isfahan Stock Exchange Organization, who were working during the research. The sample size based on the average effect size of mediating and dependent variables in the primary research was determined to be equal to 173 who were randomly selected. Sherer's general self-efficacy scale (1982), Kardon et al.'s (2009) entrepreneurial passion questionnaire, researcher-made business intelligence scale, and knowledge-based clinical interview were used to collect data. The data were analyzed with the approach of generalized estimating equations and complete and limited mediation model in R software.
 
Results
indirectly through entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial passion, and mediating variables increase the effect of knowledge on business intelligence.
 
Discussion
Considering that knowledge, self-efficacy and entrepreneurial passion are abilities, we can hope that their promotion will increase business intelligence. Since business intelligence is very important for different jobs, especially portfolio managers, identifying factors affecting it can also help to improve their performance. One of the basic needs of stock market managers, as economic activists, is business intelligence. Organizations lead their employees to develop business intelligence so that they can improve working conditions by making more correct decisions. Considering the positive effects of business intelligence on people's decisions and taking into account the importance of the job of stock market managers, the need to pay attention to this issue becomes more apparent. Considering that one of the characteristics of the contemporary world is the expansion of knowledge in various fields, and considering that the ultimate goal of business intelligence is to improve economic decisions, findings that can provide solutions to improve the business intelligence of economic activists They will be of special importance.

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Volume 12, Issue 1
July 2025
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